Cross Shaft and Base in Garden of Fairlea Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. Cross shaft.
Cross Shaft and Base in Garden of Fairlea Cottage
- WRENN ID
- north-truss-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross shaft
- Address
- Cross Shaft and Base in Garden of Fairlea Cottage, Back Lane, Stainton by Langworth
- OS grid reference
- TF 061 777
- Coordinates
- 53.28627, -0.40864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross shaft and base, possibly from the 14th century, are made of limestone ashlar. The structure features a square base block with the lower part of the octagonal shaft having stop chamfers at the square base. This cross now stands in the garden of Fairlea Cottage, a 19th-century cottage that has encroached on the original village green.
Local climate
Cross Shaft and Base in Garden of Fairlea Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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